THE NEW YORK TIMES Crossword
ACROSS
1 Not for the Parti Québécois? 4 Comcast and CenturyLink, in brief 8 Terminal info 12 Words of praise 13 Org. that fought Napster 14 Hook’s place 15 Joe Louis, to fans 18 Kind of bean 19 Out, in a way 20 For instance 21 Flower feature 23 Anti-apartheid activist Steve 25 Base of a certain pole, figuratively 27 Grate 31 Some radios 34 One interested in current affairs? 36 Host of the 1972 Winter Olympics 38 ___ it all 39 Stowed stuff 40 Isn’t content with the status quo, say 42 Gang Green member 45 Some TV drama settings, for short 46 ___ in progress (iPhone phrase) 47 Cottonwoods 49 Tennis’s Mandlikova 51 Classic toothpaste name 54 “Gross!” 57 Recipe instruction 59 Door fixture 61 Cult classic whose title is depicted four times in this puzzle 64 Beaker material 65 Mrs. James Joyce 66 Toon’s place 67 Positive principle 68 Mother of Nike, in Greek myth 69 Historic leader?
DOWN
1 They may be cast-iron 2 For a specific purpose 3 “I’m outta here!” 4 Like some verbs: Abbr. 5 Little Bighorn conflict 6 Future queen, maybe 7 Balloon ballast 8 Street shader 9 Keep ___ on 10 Lost 11 Nimble 14 Blarney Castle’s county 16 Cinderella’s soiree 17 Human ___ 22 Chant from a 32-Down, maybe 24 Small antelope 26 6 letters 28 Hold dear 29 Cut 30 Voice mail imperative 31 Orgs. 32 See 22-Down 33 Offspring 35 Object of scrutiny at airport security 37 Outwit, in a way, with “out” 40 Horror film director Alexandre ___ 41 School at which students are collared? 43 Some queens 44 “Ah-OO-gah!” horns 48 Canadian-born comedian once featured on the cover of Time 50 Kind of card 52 Antidiscrimination grp. 53 Ed of “Up” 54 Spot
55 “A Day Without Rain” singer
56 Tip off 58 Playing longer than expected, for short 60 One-named sports star who was once the highest-paid athlete in the world 62 Party congregation site, maybe 63 Bellum’s opposite